Medieval Dignity, Modern Education
In the conclusion of her review of David Walsh’s book, The Politics of the Person as the Politics of Being, Macon Boczek challenges the author’s assertion that…
In the conclusion of her review of David Walsh’s book, The Politics of the Person as the Politics of Being, Macon Boczek challenges the author’s assertion that…
When 29 years ago, in 1992, Neal Stephenson described for the first time in his novel titled "Snow Crash" the Metaverse, he could not imagine that his…
Can we arrive through reason at knowing what is the reason of state? For if unreason should come into conflict with reason, we shall then reason and…
When we pose the question whether a sudden emergency situation can lead to or bring about permanent changes in politics, the seemingly evident answer would be ‘yes’.…
American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time. Joshua Mitchell. New York: Encounter Books, 2020. While the United States has enjoyed material prosperity, its…
Introduction The work of Hans Jonas, one of the most penetrating and prolific thinkers of the 20th century, is often eclipsed by the contributions of his towering…
2 ½ years after his death from cancer, Steve Jobs remains an icon of contemporary business and popular culture. Co-founder of Apple, he amassed a fortune of…
Steve Jobs’ entrance into the technology business was less than auspicious. In an early manifestation of what came to be called his “reality distortion field,” Jobs insisted…
Is there anything better for a teacher than watching one’s students do great things? I have never bought into the rhetoric that some teachers use about “learning…
1. Applying of metric indicators (in all imagined range of areas of impact that is accessible to measuring) as basic and final for the evaluating of the…
Berdyaev comments that the tragic condition of man results from our dual nature; the physical and divine. Being made in the image of God means participating in…
Strong Artificial Intelligence is the idea that computers can one day be constructed that have the abilities of the human mind. The contrast is with narrow AI…
I would like you to imagine the following situation: Sometime after graduation a college student is hired as an intern at his university’s newly founded Center for…
Privacy and How to Get It Back. B.J. Mendelson. London: Curious Reads, 2017. With the ubiquity of information technology in our lives, the question of privacy…
In the past people looked to religion or the arts for divine inspiration and a sense of wonder; today we look to technology, the gods of our…